A Kiss is just a kiss, and a sigh is just a sigh – at least that’s what the man said – but when did people first engage in kissing as a romantic activity? Well, researchers from Oxford University and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark now say that the earliest recorded kiss occurred in […]
The romantic kiss may have existed for 1,000 years longer than previously estimated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, a new scientific article suggests.
Researchers suggest that the first recorded instance of romantic kissing took place some 4,500 years ago, and in a different region than previously thought.
Texts studied implied "that kissing was something that married couples did" but also that "the kiss was regarded as part of an unmarried person s sexual desire when in love."